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Carved wooden head - painted red, white and black
Carved wooden head - painted red, white and black
Object Number 47-72-70/2748
Display Title Carved wooden head - painted red, white and black
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carving, wood, elongated human head, curvilinear designs in red, black, and white pigments, tongue protruding, fiber tassel through nostrils, fiber ties through holes in ears
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Keram River; Ambot
Materials Wood , Pigment , Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 51.5 × 16.4 × 11.7 cm (20 1/4 × 6 7/16 × 4 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2748

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